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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
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Reversals of Fortune
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Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
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Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| F531.6.10.1 | Giant as smith. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 282, *Boberg. |
| F531.6.11 | Antipathies of giants. |
| F531.6.11.1 | Giants fear lightning. Broderius § 27; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 278, 285; Swedish: Henne-Am Rhyn No. 609; German: Zaunert Westfäliche 1. |
| F531.6.12 | Disappearance or death of giants. **Höttges FFC CXXII 75; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.6.12.1 | Disappearance of giants. Broderius § 28. |
| F531.6.12.1.1 | Giant disappears in mist. (Cf. F531.6.5.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.6.12.1.2 | Giant cursed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.6.12.2 | Sunlight turns giant or troll to stone. Broderius § 7; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 277, 282, 285, Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 154, Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 124, Boberg. |
| F531.6.12.3 | Slain giant turns to salt stone. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.12.4 | Giants killed by lightning or thunder (personified in the thunder-god). (Cf. F531.6.11.1.) Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 592, MacCulloch Eddic 69ff., Boberg. |
| F531.6.12.5 | Giant killed by earthquake. Icelandic: Þiðriks saga I 80, Boberg. |
| F531.6.12.6 | Giant slain by man. (Cf. F531.6.9, F628.2.3, G500.) Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 374f.; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 83, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 315, 537f. |
| F531.6.12.6.1 | Giant destroyed by army. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.6.12.7 | Giants driven away by men. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.6.12.8 | Giant drowned. |
| F531.6.12.8.1 | Giants drowned (in Ymir's blood). Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 324, Snorra Edda skaldsk. ch. II, Boberg. |
| F531.6.12.8.2 | Giant drowned in Deluge. (Cf. A1010.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.6.13 | Graves of giants. Broderius § 12; **Höttges FFC CXXII 75ff., 256f.; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Arnason Legends of Iceland (London, 1864) I 40, 51, 53, 148; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 13ff., (1931) 8ff., VI 74; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 67 No. 577; Faröe: Zs. f. Vksk. II 18. |
| F531.6.13.1 | Giants enchanted in caverns. Broderius § 34; Swedish: Runa (1847) 34 No. 9; Tirol: Henne-Am Rhyn 2 No. 628. |
| F531.6.13.2 | Giant enchanted in car. Icelandic: Hálfdanar saga Br. 574, Boberg. |
| F531.6.14 | Ghost of giant. Broderius § 17; *Höttges FFC CXXII 133; Westphalia: Zaunert Westfälische 5; Ditmarsch: Zs. f. Vksk. VIII 210; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) Nos. 41, 206, 357. |
| F531.6.15 | Giants and supernatural beings. |
| F531.6.15.1 | Giants and gods in fight. Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 151, MacCulloch Eddic 83—84, 91, 179, 275 ff. |
| F531.6.15.2 | Love relations between giants and other supernatural beings. (Cf. F531.6.8.1.) Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 119, cf. O. Lundberg in Arctos Svecica 2, Ups. 1944, 5ff., Herrmann Saxo II 97ff., MacCulloch Eddic 47ff., 82, 91, 110, 158, 181, Boberg. |
| F531.6.15.3 | Giants and dwarfs friendly. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 83, (Central): Boas RBAE VI 635. |
| F531.6.16 | Attendants of the giants. |
| F531.6.16.1 | Giants' watchman (Eggther). Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 276, Boberg. |
| F531.6.16.2 | Giant's animals help him in fight. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.16.3 | Man as servant of giant. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.6.17 | Other acts of giants. |
| F531.6.17.1 | Giants dance. *Fb "danse" I 93a. |
| F531.6.17.2 | Giant inflates self and floats through air. (Cf. F531.6.5.2.) Malone PMLA XLIII 412. |
| F531.6.17.2.1 | Giant flies over water like bird. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.6.17.3 | Eagle carries giant to its nest. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "aigle". |
| F531.6.17.4 | Giant plays musical instrument. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.6.17.5 | Giant herdsman. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.6.17.6 | Giant rolls like wheel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.6.17.7 | Giants are wise. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 277, 127, *Boberg. |
| F532 | Remarkably broad man. Köhler-Bolte I 403; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F533 | Remarkably tall man. (Cf. F531.2.1.) Köhler-Bolte I 403; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Þiðriks saga I 345, Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; Marquesas: Handy 126; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 392; Fiji: ibid. 472; Tuamotu: ibid. 471. |
| F535 | Pygmy. Remarkably small man. Also called "dwarf". To be distinguished from the dwarfs who live in the woods and inhabit underground places (F451). *Schoepperle Tristan and Isolt I 242 n. 6; *Frazer Pausanias II 107; *Chauvin VII 15 No. 373C n. 1; Irish myth: *Cross; English: Hartland Science 179; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Fox 256; Arabian: Burton Nights V 252 n; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 386; N. A. Indian (Cherokee): Alexander N. Am. 68; African: *Werner African 258ff. |
| F535.0.1 | Pygmies descendants of Cain. (Cf. F531.6.1.9.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F535.1 | Thumbling. Person the size of a thumb. *Types 327B, 700; *BP I 361, 389; Fb "tomling"; Saintyves Contes de Perrault 245ff., 314ff.; *Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. "Daumling"; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F535.1.1 | Adventures of thumbling. See Type 700 for detailed adventures. |
| F535.1.1.1 | Thumbling drives wagon by sitting in horse's ear. Type 700; BP I 389. |
| F535.1.1.1.1 | Thumbling drives mule. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F535.1.1.2 | Thumbling carried up chimney by steam of food. *Type 700; BP I 389. |
| F535.1.1.3 | Thumbling lies by sleeping man. Is blown to window by man's breath. BP I 397. |
| F535.1.1.4 | Thumbling in danger of being sucked in by man's breath. BP I 397. |
| F535.1.1.5 | Thumbling lost in animal track. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F535.1.1.6 | Thumbling has cat as riding-horse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F535.1.1.7 | Thumbling swallowed by animals. German: Grimm No. 37, 45. |
| F535.1.1.8 | Thumbling imprisoned in a sausage. German: Grimm No. 45. |
| F535.1.1.9 | Thumbling sold as freak. German: Grimm No. 37. |
| F535.1.1.10 | Thumbling hides in small place. |
| F535.1.1.10.1 | Thumbling hides under thimble in table drawer. German: Grimm No. 45. |
| F535.1.1.10.2 | Thumbling hides in a snail shell, in a mouse hole. German: Grimm No. 37. |
| F535.1.1.11 | Thumbling as accomplice to robbers. German: Grimm No. 37, 45. |
| F535.1.1.11.1 | Thumbling steals by entering keyhole. German: Grimm No. 37, 45. |
| F535.1.1.12 | Thumbling carries needle as sword. German: Grimm No. 45. |
| F535.1.1.13 | Thumbling carried in pocket. German: Grimm No. 90. |
| F535.1.1.14 | Thumbling carried on hat brim. (See F531.5.1.1.3. for a similar motif.) German: Grimm No. 37. |
| F535.2 | Pygmies of various sizes. |
| F535.2.1 | Pygmies nine inches tall. Chinese: Werner 386. |
| F535.2.2 | Man so small he can go through eye of needle. BP I 397. |
| F535.2.3 | Man so small he dances in spider web. BP I 397. |
| F535.2.4 | Man so small he can put his head through a mote in a sunbeam. BP I 397. |
| F535.2.5 | Man so small that he rides on an ant. Ant treads him underfoot. BP I 397. |
| F535.2.6 | Pygmy stands on man's hand. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F535.2.7 | Person (poet, child) only "fist high." Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F535.2.8 | Little soldiers with officer on rabbit (long needles and knives for weapons). Chinese: Graham. |
| F535.3 | Dress of pygmies. |
| F535.3.1 | Pygmies dressed in copper. Finnish: Kalevala rune 2. |
| F535.3.2 | Pygmies dressed in red. Chinese: Werner 386. |
| F535.4 | Characteristics of pygmies. |
| F535.4.1 | Sexes of pygmies distinguished. A slight beard on men; long tresses on women. Chinese: Werner 386. |
| F535.4.2 | Pygmies with upturned feet. S. A. Indian: Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 712. |
| F535.4.3 | Noseless pygmies. (Cf. F514.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F535.5 | Deeds of pygmies. |
| F535.5.1 | War of pygmies and cranes. Greek: *Frazer Pausanias II 107; *Fb "trane" III 835b. |
| F535.5.1.1 | Battle between giants and dwarfs; dwarfs win. (Cf. F531.) Africa (Fang): Einstein 71. |
| F535.6 | Kingdom of pygmies. |
| F535.6.1 | Underground pygmy kingdom. Tupper and Ogle Walter Map 17. |
| F540 | Remarkable physical organs. |
| F541 | Remarkable eyes. (Cf. F512.) Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F541.1 | Flashing eyes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F541.1.1 | Eyes flash fire. Greek: Fox 9 (Typhon). |
| F541.1.2 | Eyes flash lightning. N. A. Indian (Navaho): Matthews MAFLS V 123. |
| F541.1.3 | Eyes of live coals. Köhler-Bolte I 403. |
| F541.1.4 | Serpent-eye. Eyes so keen that man is supposed to have serpents in them. De Vries Zs. f. deutsche Philologie XIII (1928) 289; Icelandic: Sörlaюáttr (FAS I) 406, Völundarkvida, stanza 16, Ragnars saga Loрbrуkar 136, *Boberg. |
| F541.2 | Eye with picture in the pupil. Witch with picture of cat (dog) in pupil. *Fb "øje" III 1166a, "kattekilling" II 111. |
| F541.3 | Eye with several pupils. |
| F541.3.1 | Eye with two pupils. Fb "øje" III 1166a.—Chinese: Ferguson |
| F541.3.2 | Eye with three pupils. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F541.3.3 | Eye with four pupils. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F541.3.4 | Eye with seven pupils. (Cf. A526.5.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F541.4 | Eye must be rubbed before it can see. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "oeil". |
| F541.5 | One of man's (giant's) eyes protrudes, other recedes. (Cf. F1041.16.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F541.5.1 | Single eye protrudes from forehead. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F541.6 | Eyes remarkable as to color. |
| F541.6.1 | One eye brown, other blue. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F541.6.2 | Person has red eye. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F541.7 | Eye with remarkably heavy lid. Requires four men to lift it, or the like. (Cf. F511.1, G631.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F541.8 | Eye recedes into head. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F541.9 | Eyes shed tears of blood. (Cf. H71.8.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F541.10 | Eyes impervious to iron lances. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F541.11 | Removable eyes. Jewish: Neuman; Africa: Weeks Jungle 126ff. |
| F542 | Remarkable ears. (Cf. F511.2.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F542.1 | Long ears. People must hold them up so as not to impede walking. Liebrecht 90f.; Cosquin Contes indiens 179; Chinese: Werner 389; Indonesian: Kruyt Het Animisme 350; Malay: Gerth van Wijk Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde XXXV 272; Papua: Landtman Nos. 135, 145, 163. |
| F542.2 | Big ears. One used as mattress and one as a covering, and the like. India: Thompson-Balys; New Guinea: Rutland Journal of the Polynesian Society VI (1897) 213—215. |
| F543 | Remarkable nose. (Cf. F514.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F543.1 | Remarkably long nose. *Fb "næse" II 716b, "kjælling" II 146b. |
| F543.1.1 | Long nose used as poker. Fb. "næse" II 716b. |
| F543.1.2 | Long nose used as hen roost. Fb "næse" III 716b. |
| F543.1.3 | Remarkably long, hooked nose. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F543.2 | Remarkably large nose. Tobler 63. |
| F543.3 | Nose turned upside down. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F543.4 | Remarkable nostrils. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F544 | Remarkable mouth. (Cf. F513, F531.1.4, F531.1.6.2.) |
| F544.0.1 | Remarkably large mouth. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F544.0.1.1 | Mouth opens so wide that lungs (gullet) may be seen. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F544.0.2 | Man's mouth, from fear of sea-monster under lake, "distended to both his ears." Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F544.0.3 | Mouth of man emits flames when open for speech. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F544.0.4 | Mouth open to drink for forty days. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F544.1 | Remarkable lips. |
| F544.1.1 | Upper lip curls over nostril; lower hangs down to neck. Malone PMLA XLIII 401. |
| F544.1.2 | When sad, man lets one lip fall to stomach; other makes hood over his head. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 190. |
| F544.1.3 | Lips on side of face. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F544.1.4 | Lips used as a spear. Oceanic: Beckwith Myth 200. |
| F544.2 | Remarkable tongue. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F544.2.1 | Golden tongue. Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 278 No. 90. |
| F544.2.2 | Long tongue. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F544.2.2.1 | Long tongue cut out and used to bridge a stream. *Penzer VI 10 n. 4. |
| F544.2.3 | Tongue with hair growing from it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F544.2.4 | Tongue with thorns. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F544.3 | Remarkable teeth. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F544.3.1 | Golden teeth. Icelandic: Boberg; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 278 No. 90. |
| F544.3.2 | Teeth of angered saint give off sparks. (Cf. F552.1.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F544.3.2.1 | Luminous tooth of saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F544.3.3 | Blue teeth. Jewish: Neuman; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F544.3.3.1 | Blue, protruding teeth of one and a half elbow-length. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F544.3.4 | Saints' teeth last for 300 years. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F544.3.5 | Remarkably long teeth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F544.3.6 | Tooth travels automatically. Africa (Dzalamo): Meinhof ZsES XI 283. |
| F545 | Other facial features. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F545.1 | Remarkable beard. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F545.1.0.1 | Beardless man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F545.1.1 | Blue beard. *Type 312. |
| F545.1.1.1 | Green beard. Moe Samlede Skrifter III 289f.; English: Gawayne and the Green Knight. |
| F545.1.1.2 | Golden mustache. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F545.1.2 | Beard projected over beams of great hall. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 190. |
| F545.1.3 | Beard grows through table. (Usually told of king asleep in mountain.) Hartland Science 217; *BP III 460; Fb "sten" III 554a. |
| F545.1.4 | Beard shelters fifty men from rain. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F545.1.5 | Bearded woman. (Cf. T321.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F545.1.5.1 | Enormously fat woman with beard. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F545.1.6 | Beard travels detached from owners. Africa (Dzalamo): Meinhof ZsES XI 284. |
| F545.2 | Remarkable forehead. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F545.2.1 | Gold star on forehead. *Type 400, 533; *Roberts 188; BP I 102, II 275; Köhler-Bolte I 420; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "étoiles"; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 2. |
| F545.2.2 | Horns on forehead. Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 2/27). |
| F545.2.3 | Man with inscription on forehead. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F545.2.4 | Man with forehead of iron. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 75f. |
| F545.3 | Remarkable cheek. |
| F545.3.1 | One cheek white, other red. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F545.3.2 | Yellow, green, blue, purple spot on cheek. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F545.4 | Face covered with long moss. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F546 | Remarkable breast. (Cf. F232.2, F441.2.1.2, F460.1.2, F531.1.5.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F546.1 | Breast broad and made of glittering metal. Africa (Kaffir): Theal 150. |
| F546.2 | Woman with three breasts. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F546.3 | Star (cross) on breast. Panzer Hilde-Gudrun 207; Dixon 48; Icelandic: Lagerholm Drei Lygisögur 87, Boberg. |
| F546.4 | Thorns around nipples. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F546.5 | Woman with breasts hot enough to cook food. (Cf. F593.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F546.6 | Milk in man's breast. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F547 | Remarkable sexual organs. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F547.1 | Toothed private parts. (Cf. F547.3.3.) N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 309 n. 115. |
| F547.1.1 | Vagina dentata. Woman kills her husbands with her toothed vagina. India: *Thompson-Balys; Marquesas: Handy 100; Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 289; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 305, Holm 87; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 309 n. 115, Hatt Asiatic Influences 85ff., (California): Gayton and Newman 72. |
| F547.2 | Hermaphrodite. Person with both male and female sexual organs. Greek: *Pauly-Wissowa s.v. "Hermaphroditos"; N. A. Indian (Navaho): Matthews MAFLS V 70; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F547.2.1 | Hermaphrodite pygmies. N. A. Indian (Tsimshian): Alexander N. Am. 257. |
| F547.3 | Extraordinary penis. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.3.1 | Long penis. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.3.2 | Penis that eats and drinks. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.3.3 | Toothed penis. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.3.4 | Penis tatooed with name of God. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F547.3.5 | Man's genitals hidden in his body. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 31. |
| F547.3.6 | Penis cuts down trees. N. A. Indian (Klikitat): Jacobs U Wash II 29. |
| F547.4 | Extraordinary clitoris. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.5 | Extraordinary vagina. (Cf. F547.1.1.) |
| F547.5.1 | Removable vagina. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 113, 186. |
| F547.5.2 | Enormous vagina. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.5.3 | Eye in vagina. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.5.4 | Double vagina. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.5.5 | Vagina as bag. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.5.6 | Vagina in forehead. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.5.7 | Vagina in armpit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.5.8 | Saw in vagina. (Cf. F547.1.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.5.9 | Hair in vagina which becomes a mantis. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.5.10 | Woman with privates like dog's. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 111. |
| F547.6 | Remarkable pubic hairs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.6.1 | Remarkably long pubic hair. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F547.7 | Enormous testicles. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 75. |
| F548 | Remarkable legs. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F548.0.1 | Pointed leg. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 75f. |
| F548.1 | Person with black knee. (Cf. F527.5.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F548.1.1 | Person with white knee. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F551 | Remarkable feet. (Cf. F517.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F551.1 | Animal foot on human being. |
| F551.1.1 | Man with snake-like feet. Greek: Fox 68 (Erichtheus). |
| F551.1.2 | Person with horse's foot. Tobler Epiphanie der Seele 62; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F551.1.2.1 | Woman with horseshoe on one foot. *Fb "hestesko" I 604a. |
| F551.1.3 | Man with dog's feet. Icelandic: Hrуlfs saga Kr. 54ff., Boberg. |
| F551.2 | Feet with unusual number of toes. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 143 (seven), *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F551.3 | Remarkably pretty white feet. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 103, *Boberg. |
| F551.4 | Remarkably ugly feet (and hands). Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F551.5 | Single-footed people lie on their backs and shade themselves from sun with their soles. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F552 | Remarkable hands. (Cf. F515, F531.1.6.7, F551.4.) Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F552.1 | Hands with unusual fingers. |
| F552.1.1 | Hands with unusual number of fingers. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F552.1.2 | Fingers of saint (angel) give light or fire. (Cf. F544.3.2.) *Loomis White Magic 34; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F552.1.3 | Extraordinary fingernails. (Cf. G11.11.1.) Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 87, Rasmussen III 79; Oceania: *Lessa MS. |
| F552.1.4 | Human fingers not separated. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F552.1.5 | Milk from finger. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F552.2 | Remarkably strong hands. (Cf. F610.) Tonga: Beckwith Myth 486. |
| F552.3 | Remarkably pretty white hands. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F552.4 | Marvelous hand without wrist. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F554 | Person remarkable as to his blood. |
| F554.1 | Person with pink fluid in place of blood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F554.2 | Person with extraordinary amount of blood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F555 | Remarkable hair. (Cf. F521, F531.1.6.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F555.1 | Gold hair. *Types 314, 504, 533; BP II 275, III 97, IV 271, 351, 409; *Fb "guldhеr" I 513, IV 191b, "hеr" I 771b; *Aarne FFC XCII 94ff.—Icelandic: Hdwb. d. Märch. I 431a n. 27, MacCulloch Eddic 266, Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cheveux", "belle", "or"; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F555.1.1 | Person with hair partially golden. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F555.2 | Silver hair. *Type 533; BP II 275. |
| F555.3 | Very long hair. Child V 482 s.v. "hair"; Icelandic: Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F555.3.0.1 | Hair recedes into head. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F555.3.1 | Nude woman clothed in own hair (Godiva). *Fb "hеr" I 771b; Type 710; *BP I 21; England: Baughman. |
| F555.3.1.1 | Girl's hair spreads on ground so that it hides her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F555.3.2 | Holy man's hair of enormous length, so long has he remained praying at one spot. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F555.3.3 | Hair so long that girl can cover herself with it. Icelandic: Gunnlaugs saga Ormstunga ch. V 13, ed. Altnord, Text bibl. 1908, Boberg. |
| F555.3.4 | Rapid growth of hair as protection against being seen nude. *Loomis White Magic 95f. |
| F555.4 | Very thick hair. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F555.5 | Multi-colored hair. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F555.5.1 | Person with three heads of hair. (Cf. A526.4.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F555.6 | Man has drop of blood on end of each hair. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F555.7 | Poisonous white hair in eyebrow that causes death to the first person who sees it each day. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F555.8 | Hair so stiff that apples falling on it would be impaled. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F555.8.1 | Hair above heart so stiff it rends five garments. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F555.9 | Hair so curly that nuts falling on it would be held. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F555.10 | Hair emits sound. Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 75. |
| F556 | Remarkable voice. (Cf. X937). |
| F556.1 | Voice made rough by swallowing hot iron. Africa (Kaffir): Theal 119, (Basuto): Jacottet 64 No. 10. |
| F556.1.1 | Voice made smooth by swallowing hot iron. Africa (Bechuana): Arbousset et Daumas Voyage d'exploration au Nord-Est de la Colonie du Cap de Bonne-Espérence (Paris, 1842) 119f., Fraser FLJ VII 167f., (Basuto): Jacottet I 62f. No. 10. |
| F556.1.2 | Voice made smooth by having ant bite tongue. Africa (Mwimbe): Browne The Vanishing Tribes of Kenya (London, 1925) 211ff. |
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